I think that the nature of violence has changed so dramatically in recent years that a potential revolution is hard for people to imagine, and that makes it a lot scarier - especially as you get older and your youthful anger turns into cynicism.
Not that it excuses this half-hearted approach to socialism... I just get where these people are coming from. Change is always scary, and your average American has never had to fight for their beliefs. We need to find a way to get these people to log off and join an organization in order to gain new experiences and perspectives, but that is obviously much easier said than done.
Since the pandemic I've had way more luck pointing out social murder and the violence inherent in the running of society as it is. People I know are watching their material conditions deteriorating in real time and I am having more luck than ever explaining to them why. Its a shit silver lining, but I think as more people grasp the everyday violence wrought on them by the state, the less people will oppose a 'violent' revolutionary action
I think that the nature of violence has changed so dramatically in recent years that a potential revolution is hard for people to imagine, and that makes it a lot scarier - especially as you get older and your youthful anger turns into cynicism.
Not that it excuses this half-hearted approach to socialism... I just get where these people are coming from. Change is always scary, and your average American has never had to fight for their beliefs. We need to find a way to get these people to log off and join an organization in order to gain new experiences and perspectives, but that is obviously much easier said than done.
Since the pandemic I've had way more luck pointing out social murder and the violence inherent in the running of society as it is. People I know are watching their material conditions deteriorating in real time and I am having more luck than ever explaining to them why. Its a shit silver lining, but I think as more people grasp the everyday violence wrought on them by the state, the less people will oppose a 'violent' revolutionary action
You're so right. But that's an awful big hurdle.